Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 12/21/2009
In vertical text, move insertion point one
character up or down; one left or right; one
word up or down; or one paragraph left or
right
Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Left
Arrow or Right Arrow; Ctrl+Up
Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow; or
Ctrl+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Right
Arrow
Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Left
Arrow or Right Arrow;
Command+Up Arrow or
Command+Down Arrow; or
Command+Left Arrow or
Command+Right Arrow
Select word, line, paragraph, or entire text
frame
Double-click, triple-click,
quadruple-click, or quintuple-
click with Type tool
Double-click, triple-click,
quadruple-click, or quintuple-
click with Type tool
Turn All Caps on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Shift+K
Command+Shift+K
Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K
Command+Option+Shift+K
Turn Superscript on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Shift+= (equals)
Command+Shift+= (equals)
Turn Subscript on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= (equals)
Command+Option+Shift+=
(equals)
Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected
text
Ctrl+Shift+X
Command+Shift+X
Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X
Command+Option+Shift+X
Auto leading for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A
Command+Option+Shift+A
Reset tracking to 0 for selected text
Ctrl+Shift+Q
Command+Shift+Control+Q
Justify paragraph; left align last line
Ctrl+Shift+J
Command+Shift+J
Justify paragraph; right align last line
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J
Command+Option+Shift+J
Justify paragraph; force last line
Ctrl+Shift+F
Command+Shift+F
Decrease or increase font size of selected
text by 2 units
Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) or
Ctrl+Shift+. (period)
Command+Shift+, (comma) or
Command+Shift+. (period)
Decrease or increase font size of selected
text by 10 units
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+, (comma) or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. (period)
Command+Option+Shift+,
(comma) or
Command+Option+Shift+.
(period)
Increase or decrease leading by 2 units
Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow Option+Down Arrow or
Option+Up Arrow
Increase or decrease leading by 10 units
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Command+Option+Down Arrow
or Command+Option+Up Arrow
Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2
units
Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow
Option+Shift+Down Arrow or
Option+Shift+Up Arrow
Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10
units
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow
Command+Option+Shift+Down
Arrow or
Command+Option+Shift+Up
Arrow
Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20
units (20/1000 ems)
Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Right Arrow Option+Left Arrow or
Option+Right Arrow
Decrease or increase kerning or tracking
100 units (100/1000 ems)
Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
Command+Option+Left Arrow or
Command+Option+Right Arrow
Toggle paragraph composer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T
Command+Option+Shift+T
Result
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